Signal Messenger: Speak Freely
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Say "hello" to a different messaging experience. An unexpected focus on privacy, combined with all of the features you expect.
  • thisisawayoflife@lemmy.world
    153·
    10 months ago

    Yeah, won’t lie. Signal jumped the shark a while back. The elimination of the ability for it to handle SMS/MMS on Android was the last nail in the coffin for me.

      • thisisawayoflife@lemmy.world
        8·
        10 months ago

        Because it was my AIO general messaging app. Since most people I know do not use it, it sits unused most of the time for me, and since sms was removed, I’m using other apps. I had been using signal since before it was signal, so it wasn’t just a flu by night choice for me. I still have it installed, but I might get a half dozen messages a month in it versus my previous everyday usage.

        • BenisBussy@lemmy.world
          21·
          10 months ago

          Once i started using Signal more like Snapchat and less like my messaging app I found that I really don’t miss sms at all. Not saying it’s the same for you but i kinda like having one app that i know for sure is safe. I also convinced all of my friends to download it and once we got a group chat active people have started using it more and more to the point that ~99% of my messages are through signal. Kinda a pain in the ass to convince the first couple people to install it but once enough people have it installed it then it’s an easy sell.

      • southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
        41·
        10 months ago

        That’s why. No other service was as easy to get people to use because they could just use a single app between sms and better messaging. The small handful of people I had convinced to use anything other than regular texting are done with it now.

        You gotta realize, it doesn’t matter if you and me use it if 90% of everyone we know doesn’t. We’re stuck either just abandoning contact with those people to preserve our privacy, or abandoning that for them.

  • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipM
    123·
    10 months ago

    I personally don’t like signal due to its phone number requirement and that it isn’t on F-droid.

    It also doesn’t help that it is starting to feel like a social media app

  • ReMikeAble@beehaw.org
    101·
    10 months ago

    I started using Signal just before Zuck took over WhatsApp. The platform is solid, it has almost zero downtime, not sure I’ve ever experienced an outage. I just wish all of my brainwashed WhatsApp/Messenger friends, and colleagues would get on board.